Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There (Illustrated) - Illustrated Fairy Tales (Fairy Tale)

Lewis Carroll

Summary

«Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There», firstly published in 1871, is a novel by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the sequel to «Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland». It is based on his meeting with another Alice, Alice Raikes. Set some six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it. Though not quite as popular as «Wonderland», «Through the Looking-Glass» includes such celebrated verses as «Jabberwocky» and «The Walrus and the Carpenter», and the episode involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
 
The ebook «Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There» from Animedia Company contains more than 50 color and black-and-white illustrations by John Tenniel.

Available since: 06/05/2021.

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